BANCROFT SOLDIER KILLED ON LUZON ISLAND APRIL 19TH
According to word received from the War Department on Wednesday, May 2, by Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Murray, of Bancroft, their son, Pvt. Thos. Murray, was killed on Luzon Island, of the Philippines, on April 19th. The message gave no details but stated that a letter would follow.
Pvt. Murray had been in the service since July 26, 1944, and was a visitor at home last Christmas. About the first of they year he was assigned to duty in the Philippines and had taken part in at least one major engagement since that time. Mr. and Mrs. Murray have two other sons in the service, Lt. (jg) Joseph Murray in the Navy and Pfc. Donald Murray, located on the east coast. Two sons, John and James, are at home, and a sister, Mrs. Eileen Kelly also survives her brother.
Source: Algona Upper Des Moines, May 3, 1945
80 Kossuth Men Officially Listed As Casualties In War
FIRST RELEASE OF STATE HISTORICAL DEATH SUMMARIES
Eighty men from Kossuth county lost their lives while in the service of their country in World War II.
KOSSUTH'S WAR DEAD.
Murray, Thomas A. Pvt.
Killed in action on Luzon, Apr. 19, 1945. Parents: Mr. and Mrs. W. A. Murray, Bancroft, Ia.
Source: The Algona Upper DesMoines, Tuesday, January 22, 1946 – page 7.
Thomas Arthur Murray was born Nov. 8, 1925 to William Arthur and Elizabeth M. McDonald Murray. He died Apr. 19, 1945 and is memorialized in Saint Johns Cemetery, Bancroft, IA.
Pvt. Murray served in World War II with the U.S. Army 148th Infantry, 37th Division and was KIA on Luzon, Philippine Islands.
Source: ancestry.com
